Year: 2016

Gymnastics – 3D laser sensors?

This looks interesting.

2016 The Japan Gymnastics Association, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced an agreement to conduct joint research on scoring support technology for gymnastics competitions. This research will combine Fujitsu Laboratories’ 3D laser sensors and 3D data processing technology–to discern athlete’s joint position and technique–with the Japan Gymnastics Association’s expertise in recognizing proper gymnastics techniques. …

Fujitsu

Fujitsu

(via GymCastic)

NCAA teams happy about J.O. Championships

The best level 10s from around the country competed at the Junior Olympic National Championships … in Fort Worth, Texas.

Many of these top gymnasts have already committed to college and we took a look at where these college bound gymnasts finished this weekend to determine which college had the best competition. …

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Cal Berkeley
4. Arizona
5. Utah

These NCAA Teams Had the Best Showing at 2016 J.O. Nationals

Click PLAY or watch Rachael Lukacs’ DTY on YouTube. She’s going to Georgia.

Tabitha Yim interview

The Skating Lesson:

… In our interview with Tabitha we discuss competing at the World Gymnastics Championships, training alongside some of the sport’s biggest names, memories of young Caroline Zhang and Mirai Nagasu, the pressure of the USA Gymnastics camp system, coming back from injuries, the heartbreak of tearing her Achilles after Olympic Trials and her current life in coaching.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Tabitha Yim (born November 2, 1985) … is a former elite gymnast and assistant coach for the Stanford Women’s Gymnastics team. In May 2015 she was hired as the head coach of the University of Arizona Women’s Gymnastics team.

Wilson. Nile Wilson.

Check the British Olympic formal wear on twitter.

British men win Quad friendly

The British men topped France, Germany and Switzerland in a quadrangular meet held Saturday in the Swiss city of Zuchwil.

The competition was held less than an hour outside Bern, site of the upcoming European championships for men, May 25-29.

2014 Junior European champion Nile Wilson led Great Britain to an easy victory with 267.500, more than 7 points ahead of Switzerland (259.250). Germany finished third (257.750) …

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